Comment It's depressing (Score 1) 468
To know with certainty so many of the comments here would be exactly reversed if it was Jared Kushner's laptop.
Comment coercion (Score 2) 313
If the coercion aspect is true, it doesn't matter what the contracts said. Coerced contracts are generally not enforcable.
So that's the key point in these cases.
Comment Darkwing Mode (Score 1) 51
Let's get Dangerous!
Comment Yeah, none of this is going to happen... (Score 0) 395
And they know that.
So what's the point, really? What are they really doing with this?
Trump Ups Ante on China, Threatens Duties on Nearly All its Imports (reuters.com) 326
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Friday that he was ready to slap tariffs on virtually all Chinese imports into the United States, threatening duties on another $267 billion in Chinese goods on top of $200 billion in imports now primed for levies in coming days. Reuters: The moves would sharply escalate Trump's trade war with Beijing over his demands for major changes in economic, trade and technology policy. China has threatened retaliation, which could include action against U.S. companies operating there. Hours after a public comment period closed on his $200 billion China tariff list, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he was "being strong on China because I have to be."
"The $200 billion we are talking about could take place very soon depending on what happens with them. To a certain extent its going to be up to China," Trump said. "And I hate to say this, but behind that is another $267 billion ready to go on short notice if I want. That totally changes the equation." [...] The $200 billion list, which includes some consumer products such as cameras and recording devices, luggage, handbags, tires and vacuum cleaners, would be subject to tariffs of 10 percent to 25 percent. Cell phones, the biggest U.S. import from China, have so far been spared, but would be engulfed if Trump activates the $267 billion tariff list. Further reading: Apple says Trump's China tariffs are going to hurt the company.
"The $200 billion we are talking about could take place very soon depending on what happens with them. To a certain extent its going to be up to China," Trump said. "And I hate to say this, but behind that is another $267 billion ready to go on short notice if I want. That totally changes the equation." [...] The $200 billion list, which includes some consumer products such as cameras and recording devices, luggage, handbags, tires and vacuum cleaners, would be subject to tariffs of 10 percent to 25 percent. Cell phones, the biggest U.S. import from China, have so far been spared, but would be engulfed if Trump activates the $267 billion tariff list. Further reading: Apple says Trump's China tariffs are going to hurt the company.
Comment Time to put up, then (Score 1) 164
He should donate all the money he made from the rage-fest that is Reddit, then. I'd suggest a charity that assists victims of the poison reddit has spread.
Comment Of all the the attacks on bitcoin (Score -1, Troll) 172
The pretend alarm over its energy usage is the most amusing.
Comment I have a strong preference (Score 1) 370
For platforms being platforms and interfering with their users as little as possible.
Comment Remember (Score 5, Insightful) 260
Keep your opinions to yourself if you don't want to be targeted.
Comment Money Money Money (Score 1) 3
Keep a few dozen million more than you need, tear your rags and pass the plate - and everyone loses their minds --The Jimboker
Submission + - Study reveals that Wikipedia is "awash in money" 3
Harold Dumbacher writes: Few things seen on Wikipedia aggravate its users more than the annual fundraising banners. Yet millions of people continue to contribute, seeming to think that Wikipedia will "go offline" if they aren't given more donations. Yet as this new Wikipediocracy blog post reveals, the Wikimedia Foundation is rolling in dough — $53 million in net assets as of this year (that's actual hard sitting-around currency, currently put into various investment vehicles). Meanwhile it only costs about $2.5 million to actually keep Wikimedia project servers online and handling user traffic. The rest of the WMF's annual donations go for "staff salaries, travel and miscellaneous". And evidently, many people are growing disgruntled with this ongoing state of affairs, even Wikimedia staff who benefit from it.
Comment Some misled thousands (Score 1) 2
Many hoaxes lasted for years, and some were not subtle at all.
Submission + - How many hoaxes are on Wikipedia? No one knows.... 2
An anonymous reader writes: The Washington Post's Caitlin Dewey has written a lengthy feature covering one of Wikipedia's most intractable problems: carefully inserted hoax information that is almost impossible to detect. Dewey's investigation starts with the recent discovery of the nonexistent Australian god "Jar’Edo Wens" (which lasted almost ten years), and discusses a Wikipediocracy post about a recent experiment by critic Greg Kohs, in which 30 articles received cleverly-chosen minor falsehoods. More than half survived for more than two months. Included is also a chart showing that editing participation in Wikipedia has "atrophied" since 2007. It is quite rare to see a feature in a major media outlet as critical as this, of Wikipedia and its little-known internal problems. Especially on the heels of a very favorable CBS 60 Minutes report. As Kohs says, “I think this has proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it’s not fair to say Wikipedia is ‘self-correcting,’”
Comment Re:More than just Wikipedia (Score 1) 5
This is the fruit of a long-standing investigation into IIPM's manipulation of Wikipedia, the blind eye turned to it by other administrators, and the story of admin Wifione. One blog post on Wikipediocracy helped expose it: Indian Fakers Teach Wiki-PR
There was also an extended forum thread on the subject:
Indian fakers faking again
Submission + - Wikipedia admin's manipulation "messed up perhaps 15,000 students' lives" 5
Andreas Kolbe writes: Recently, "ArbCom", Wikipedia's highest court, banned an administrator account that for years had been manipulating the Wikipedia article of a bogus Indian business school – deleting criticism, adding puffery, and enabling the article to become a significant part of the school's PR strategy. Believing the school's promises and advertisements, families went to great expense to send sons and daughters on courses there – only for their children to find that the degrees they had gained were worthless. "In my opinion, by letting this go on for so long, Wikipedia has messed up perhaps 15,000 students’ lives," an Indian journalist quoted in the story says. India is one of the countries where tens of millions of Internet users have free access to Wikipedia Zero, but cannot afford the data charges to access the rest of the Internet, making Wikipedia a potential gatekeeper.
Slashdot Top Deals
Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming. -- J. P. McEvoy
